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CHMLER OFNEWYORK Talked of as a Possible Demo cratic Leader. NOT YET A NATIONAL FIGURE Ths Democracy of Senator La Follette. Believes In the Supremacy of the j People?Concerning the New South western States?Democracy Defined. A Platform Suggested. By WILLIS J. ABBOT. There semis to be a somewhat con certed effort to urge for the Demo crat lc presidential nomination Lieuten ant Governor Lewis Stuyvesant Chun ler of New York. There Is good rea son for the movement. Mr. ('hauler Is a clean cut, nhle and honorable man. lie wns nominated for the olHce lie now holds by William II. Ilearst on the Independence League ticket, and when the Democratic party of New York surrendered to Ilearst Mr. Chan ter was one of the Independent nomi nees placed on the regular Democratic ticket Nob dy would accuse him of Ingratitude to his |k>!ltlca 1 sponsor, hut the people of New York liked him so well that he was elected lieutenant governor 1*;a plurality of 5,574, while Mr. Ilearst, Ills distinguished leader, was ueieaieu uy a plurality or in,ten. Indeed, on the straight vote Mr. Chan ler rail alienil of Mr. Hearst by 27,477. Many things might explain the ('hau ler success and the Hearst defeat. Mr. Chanler was practically ?u unknown man. In fact, up to the time of his nomination on the Ileurst ticket he had achieved so little prominence that his name did not even appear In the 1907 edition of "Who's Who In Amer ica," a book of reference which offers a kindly harborage to almost anybody whose head has got a little bit above the general crowd The story told In Washington Is, like the story told prior to the convention that nominated Judge Parker, that only a New York man can carry New York; that the south Is earnestly de sirous of having ? northern and a New York man nominated; that there have been conferences among political mali ngers to secure for Mr. Chanter the New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois delegations, all of which Is fairly good newspaper stuff for publication In the dull political season, but none of which Is true. As a matter of fact, no such conferences have been held. The men whose names were used In connection with this report would lie'promptest to repudiate It If any responsible writer gave It out over his own signature. Moreover. Mr. Chanler himself recog nizes the fact that In 1908 he can hard ly be regarded as presidential timber. As yet his opinions on national nffalrs are scarcely known. Mr. Chanler's vic tory over Hearst was a sweeping one, but bis victory over the Republican forces wns u very slender one. Mr. Chanter has had all the tine things of life that wealth could bring to him. It Is greatly to his credit that he lias turned aside from the mere so ciety life of a rich young New Yorker to undertake more serious work. The lieutenant governorship of New York has given him no chance to show either his ability or bis comprehension <>f the principles of Democracy. Perhaps n higher state office, to which he might aspire, mi) M rial e him more of n tin i tlonal figure than he Is today. The Pluck of La Follette. People m 'lit well wonder whether Senator La Follette la n Democrat or a Republlean. Wisely enough, he (titil lates in Wisconsin with the Republic ans. ns to that state Democrats have had little chance <>f power. The great German population Is normally Re publican, and the Immense number of veterans of the civil war, their sous and relatives, who are unable to for get the attitude of the Democratic par ty prior to that war, have long kept that state normally Republlean. The one time in modern political history when the electoral vote was cast for a Democratic candidate was In 1802. when it was carried for Grover Cleve land. Senator I.U Follette has been preach lug Democratic doctrine and winning Democratic votes, but standing osten sibly as u Republican candidate. In 190-1 he lieat tils opponent for govern or by over 50,000, while McKlnley, al ways popular, beat Parker, who was notably unpopular, by less than 00,000. The reason was that I.a Follette was essentially Democratic and api>ealcd to the Democratic sentiment in both parties. Recently at Pittsburg Senator I.a Follette gave an exhibition of his cour age and of his political sagacity. He was addressing a meeting of Pennsyl vania schoolteachers. The president of the teachers' association notified Senator La Follette that Ids address must lie wholly nonpartisan. With the genial hut at the same time somewhat inscrutable smile that the Wisconsin senator commonly carries, he agreed. As he spoke he had occasion to refer to his rate hill, a measure which, un like the one forced through congress by Roosevelt, would have amounted to something had U been passed. He pro ceeded to comment on the action of i the two Pennsylvania senators In vot ing against It. The chairman inter rupted him. He resumed his discourse. The chairman Interrupted hiui again. "Very well." said La Follette, "I will not speak In this hall If 1 cannot say the things I believe. If any of the au dier.ee desire to hear what I have to say I will speak In the open sir." Thereupon he walked to the front steps of the Carnegie Institute, follow ed, ns 1 ntii told, by nearly 2,000 listen ers, and spoke for an hour and a half, being repeatedly cheered. The ckulr tuan remained in the empty hull. That, after all. Is the essence of De mocracy Democracy stands for free dom of speech, for individual liberty, for an appeal to the people and an uc eeptance of the people's verdict. The N w Southwestern States. James I. Garfield, secretary of the Interior and a member of the presi dent s tenuis cabinet, says, and appar ently with authority, that Mr. I loose veil a III cease his opposition to the admission of Arizona and New Mexico as distinct and sepurate states. It has been made clear enough that the peo ple of these states would never cease their opposition to the consolidation of the two territories Into one. If the president lives up to his maxim, "The verdict of the people Is considered final," be will not merely he obliged to penult the admission of these two new states, whatever their political complexion, hut will also he morally compelled to ullow Immediate state hood to Oklahoma. Ou the 17th of this month the people of Okiuhomu vote on their proposed coustltutlou. Every federal officeholder In the territory is lighting it, and Secretary Taft made a Journey thither ut public expepse to throw his considerable weight into the scales against It. If It Is udopted by the people, what will the president do? Will lie find some quibble by which he may lie able to keep the eight electoral votes which the new state will cast from the next presidential election, or will he live up to his ussertlou thut the verdict of the people Is considered flnul? In a Nutshell. A fleet worth $100,000,000 Distance to Sun Fruuclsco, 14.000 miles. Iioute through the strait of Magel lan, famous the world over for in tricacy and danger. Value of one battleship, $5,000,000. Time necessary to replace one ship If lost, three years. Time necessary to bring ships back to the Atlantic In event of trouble with Kuropeau nation, ninety days. Protection for Atlantic coust while fleet Is in the Pncltlc, none. Facilities for docking and repair of ships while on Pacific coast, none. Cost of coal for voyage, $1,000,000. Colliers in service during voyage (otherwise out of commission), twenty one. Purpose of voyage, apparently only to tire the Pacific const With enthusi asm for Roosevelt aud Tuft. Cost of expedition assessed on the ordinary, common taxpayer. Definitions of Democracy. In its earnest endeavors to discover "what Is a Democrat" the New York World has extorted from Governor Folk of Missouri an answer. The re spoase will not satisfy the World, for nothing that stands for progressive Democracy will meet the approval of that able but somewhat misguided newspaper. The governor said that Jefferson's axiom. "Equal rights to all and special privileges to none." ex presses every essential principle of real Democracy. That answer was complete. It made unnecessary the column almost of type in which he expanded and elucidated It. The axiom formed the basis of the Chicago plat form of 1S!1C, which tlie World bitterly opposed; it was the essence of the Knn sas City platform of 1000, which the World damned with the faintest of faint praise; It will be the keynote of tlie next Democratic platform if the convention adopting tt shall lie In fact i femncnu it*. I'.ut how plain It N to sop that If Onv?no>r Eolk's adnilrnlilo definition of D?moracy Is to lie given effect It can only I>p l>v n convontlon mode up of men who are neither enjoying nor seeking peclnl privileges and who are willing to concede equal rights to all Ihe'r follows The saviors of the Pomtv crude party In New York who have In the pat f Itoen hailed as such by the World have l>een men largely Interest ed In traction affairs or In protected manufactures or In finance of the sort that has a special privilege road lead ing straight to the door of the T'nlted Stales treasury In Pennsylvania the safe and sane Democracy, greatly ap n'nuded by the World. Is so closely al lled with the Standard Oil company that the two could not he pried apart with a crowbar. In Illinois they are gas men or corporation magnates. Throughout the south the ptlhlle men In the Democratic party who are most effectively upholding the .Teffersonlan maxim receive no applause from New York organs of nlleged Democracy. Rather It Is the senators who stand closest to the privileged railroads, who professing Democracy still preach pro tection. thnt And themselves celebrated In the New York press. J believe thnt with the proper can didate the Democratic partv eonld go before the people with thnt single maxim for Its platform. A very dis tinguished Democrat, a leader of the progressive wing, whose name T may net here mention, suggested to me that ?he Ideal platform for the next cam paign would !h> one that eonld bo print ed on a postal card, now would this do: The Platform. Equal rights to all; special privileges f? none. The tariff Is a special privilege. The railroads grant special privileges and deny cqunlwlghts. The trusts nre bred of the tariff and of railroad discriminations. The Democratic party stands for the literal enforcement of the .leffersonlar maxim and pledges Itself to attack and to destroy the special privileges creat ed by the tariff and fostered by the railroads and to put an end to the denial of equal rights now [ rnctlced by the railroads and the trusts. Washington D. C. ,?. r Kumor and Philosophy By DUNCAN M. SMITH ? ?? ? . DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU ARE. Hew grateful in rain in the summer time When the gardens are patched and dry. When the meadows are rusty. The highways are dusty And tinder the spell of July, to the lawn and the slowly ripening fruit The shower is Indeed benign, Hut If you are out in a brand new suit It Isn't so wonderfully fine. Qreat clouds bunk up in the western sky, j And the lightning Mashes near; The ominous thunder Seems tearing asunder The tremulous atniosphsre. An<l if you are safe In a window seat The storm is a grand display, ? Hut It isn't so fine when you're out on the street With shelter a block away. Tin- people who never saw a farm Declare It will help the crops. Just trust them for knowing The corn will be growing As soon hm the downpour stops. And the fanner, they reckon, must dancs with glee And su\ that his blessings are thick. Unless they are far from a friendly tree And minus a shower stick. How fine It would be and how splendid if we Could Just touch a button and get That very same hour a l>ountlful shower When we wouldn't be out In the wet. Wanted to Make Sure. fP~ - ?'Refuse to marry me and I will Jump In the river." "Why? The hike Is deeper." Took His Own Medicine. "How Is Plugger getting along?" "Fine except for one tiling." "What Is that?" "He is Rusted." "The last time I saw him he was making all kinds of money selling tips on the races." "Yes, hut he took to playing his own tips." In July. Tiger llllea half a-swonn Nodding through the slumhrous noon Where the drowsy Insects croon Dreaming of the vanished June? That's July. Mounting heat in columns white, ftays of dazzling, gleaming light From the eyeballs smiting sight. Followed by the sensuous night? That's July. Not a tare on earth have I. Prone upon my back I lie Stating blankly at the sky. Do you nsk the reason why? It's July. Going Up In Sympathy. "Provisions and clothing are going up so that It is a serious problem to live." "Yes, everything is going up hut air ships." "If you think they are not going up, try to buy one and see." How Do They Do It? "I think the weather predictions are wonderful." "Well. It Is surprising to say the least that the government experts couldn't guess it right occasionally." Where She Has the Advantage. "A woman always knows what a man is doing" "How Is that?" "Guessing at what she will do next." (he>^ Had Bu$in?" \ yourffl There "Were you ev er behind the footlights, Mr. De Push?" "Oh, yes, sev eral times You know, I used to be a constable." PERT PARAGRAPHS. A fool on his folly Is soon started. If somebody would Invent a dollar with eight quarters in It, an enthusias tic public would loudly applaud. Trouble Is cheap and lots of it can be had for a dollar. The man who does the thinking part never makes much noise about It. Who doesn't keep tab on time will some morning discover that time has him all right. Any woman would tie willing to grow old as the hills If her youth were as enduring Falling In love Is delirious, but drift ing out is monotonous. It Is hard to flud your confidence again once you misplace It. The secret tears a woman sheds are the ones that scarify her face and heart. Fools are happy because they are | fools; nothing to it otherwise. IB III IB Daniel Webster. By J. W IBCtHrOA. I!'bin ll'ebster first tried to speak, he failed and burst into tears. i PERHAPS the crisis In Daniel Webster's career was reached Just after his admission to the bar, when he was offered a court clerkship. At that time tie was very poor and had shown little of the : wonderful oratorical ability which aft erward distinguished him. The tender of such a place was therefore a sore temptation. Webster, however, decld j cd not to take It, stating that lie In | tended to say tilings himself, not elm- \ ply write things that other people said. ? lie began practicing in a small New Hampshire town and remained a citi- | zen of that state many years before j he was finally "discovered" nud in- | duced to locate in Boston. When Web t-ter first tried to speak, he failed and burst into tears. This was while he was still in school. So shy was hethnt he could scarcely arise to recite. It took will power and perseverance to overcome such a defect, and it was only the fact that lie felt his own great pow ers that finally enabled him to succeed. Even after lie had overcome his timidity the battle was only half won. Ills first efforts were ornate and high sounding, but contained little sub stance. One local critic said they were ?full of emptiness." Webster heard of the criticism, and It cut him, hut lie had enough common sense to recog nize the Justice of the stricture and to profit by it. He resolved never again to Indulge in mere oratory for its own sake and to speak only when he had something to say. As a Iioy on the farm Webster did not like to work, but when he got Into ills own field he was on occasions n prodigious worker. When in school, he was given a hundred lines of Vir gil to memorize. All night lie worked and, when called upon to repeat what he had learned, not only did so, but naked leave to give another hundred, then still another hundred, after which he stated that he was ready to repeat 500 more. With the "modern Demosthenes" personal appearance was more than half the bnttle. Beware ot Ointments tor Catarrh That Contain Mercury, At* mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole sys tem when entering it throug-h the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable phy sicians. as the damage they will do is ten fold to the jrood you can possibly derive from them. Hairs Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F, J. Cheney \ Co., Toledo. O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting- di rectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall'sCatarrh Cure be sure you jret the genuine. It is taken in ternally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney Co. Testimonials free. Sold by all Druggists. Price 75c. per bottle Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. FISHING! On the-5th day of September I shall let the water out of my mill pond in Hoon Hill township to make repairs I wish to sell the fishing privilege to some party who will sell rights to all who may desire good sport. Ad dress or call on E. J. Holt, Smithtield, N. C. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE Bank of Smith fie Id, N.C. ?at the? Close of Business August 22nd, |h07. llESOl'HCES: Loads ami discounts $122,072 4<; Overdrafts, secured and un secured 8,067 71 All other Stocks, Ilomls and Mortgages 18.300 00 Banking house furniture and fixtures 9.230 19 Due from banks and hankers 6,759 88 Cash items 353 59 (told coin 745 00 Silver coin, including all mi nor coin currency 2,130 45 National hank notes and other U. S. notes 7,135 00 Total $170,694 31 LIABILITIES: Capital stock paid In $ 30.000 00 Undivided profits, less cur. ex|>en8es and taxes pd... ? 3,730 21 l)i\idends unpaid 30 00 Notes and hills rediseotinted 36.500 00 BlUs payable 10 000 00 Time Certificates of Deposit 16,930 94 Deposits subject to check 73,190 03 Cashier's Chks outstanding 164 12 Certified Checks 138 01 Total $170,094 31 State of North Carolina. Johnston County. I. C. V. Johnson, Cashier of The Batik of Smithfield, do solemnly swear that the above statement is title to the beat of mv knowledge and belief. C. V. JOHNSON, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to Itefore ntc this 3rd day of Sept.. 1907. W. S. Stbvens. C. s. Correct?Attest : w. l. wood all, F. H. Brook*. F. K. BttOADHt rst, i Directors. I CENTRAL - - ACADEMY! I i i & A HIGH GRADE PREPARATORY SCHOOL WITH INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT. | Hoys and young men prepared for college in the most thorough a ft manner. 'Course embraces Latin, tireek, Mathematics, History, ' f Knglish, Science and Bible. ?121 pays tuition, board room rent, 3 light, heat and library fee for the scholastic year. An oppor- S ft tunity will be given to a number of young men to work tneir * w way through school. 3 8 If you are interested, write ? I J. B. AIK E IN, Principal, - LITTLETON, N. C. I w Fall term begins Aug. 28th, 1907. 9 MtMnaSQaiKMntMriKMtMKMfMIWKWH ft 'TURNIP ? SEED Just received one hundred pounds of Buist's \ best Turnip Seed. Several different varieties sold by Weight. J. \AI . BENSON Druggist : and ; Seedsman BENSON, N. C. | IF INTERESTED TALK ? g WITH J 4 S. H. KIRKMAN.SK.. g 5 About Fire InsuraQce g Kj Being the oldest experienced agent in the county and W Jfl representing the oldest Companies in the world, he knows JSf \rm his business. And that knowl edge is at your command n without cost, and probably for your benefit His in- 23 nf surance rat - are right, and his policies are safe and ft H sound?the hind you ought to have. !See him at jS * Smithfield Hardware Company's Store. $ ft He will write your Insurance as low as any and lower H B than a good many. ? S THE JOHN A. McKAY MFG. COMPANY ^ Dunn. N. C. Founders and Machinists Machinery and =*=^3^ Mill Supplies p One and Two Horse Stalk Cutters. Best made. Sold by W. M. Sanders, Smithfield, N. C. "X;iX:;X::X;;*;;X;;X;:X::X::X::XuX:LXui:iXXiZilXilXJlX::l::Xi:XJ:X;:X:iXllXHX ; "FtLT MATTRESSES" 11 y About one third of our lives is spent in bed. there- y n fore we should have as comfortable bedding as h * Possible. ' A good Felt Mattress makes the most * comfortable bed to be had. We now have a better and more attractive line of Felt Atattresses than ; y ever before, and especially invite you to visit our y H store and give them an examination. ' Our line of h m Furniture and house furnishings is complete in every h respect and we can sell you at prices to suit you. * We also have the largest and best line of Carriages ? and Gocarts we have ever had. As for attractive ; y styles, quality and price, we cannot be excelled, y Yours very truly, " I ROSE <fe CO., I " BE IN SO IN, IN. C. i';xiix;{X:;x::x::x;:xiTXiixux;:xr.x;ix?t:;x:;xnx;:x::xi;x: xj:x::x::x:iT:iTi:'T ^ Up-to-date Hardware $ ^ Do not forjret that we ^ ^ keep an up-to-date ^ Hardware store. Come ^ and you will find what ^ you want. Hardware ^ for the farmer, the J ^ house keeper, the car- fl ^ penter, and if a man [I hunts or fishes occas- V ^ ionally we can supply ^ him also. w ^d. Will last a life^ fi 4 KifkNt Inrfi World'! Fair. St. ImIi, 1104. U ^ f Iwh^HM @?qA\ > |P CINCINNATI. O. II # 1 Over 100 dteidas of I rot Fence ehowa in oov cat fit lofue. Low pricoe will surprise joa. it S Clayton Hardware Co., < ^ C. W. CARTER, Prop, Clayton, N. C. >
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